
TEL AVIV-YAFO, Israel — Israeli researchers have made a significant discovery they say could open new doors to personalized medicine in the field of infectious diseases.
Infectious diseases occur when microorganisms—such as viruses, bacteria or parasites—invade and multiply within the human body, damaging the cells. Traditionally, the medical community has studied the immune response to infectious diseases as a collective unit. While personalized medicine is already utilized in certain diseases such as cancer, its application in infectious diseases has been limited.